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The distinctive aroma of hazelnuts comes from a compound dubbed filber-tone heptenone, which is present in small quantities in the raw nut, but increases 600- to 800-fold when the nuts are fried or boiled.
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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The distinctive aroma of hazelnuts comes from a compound dubbed filber-tone heptenone, which is present in small quantities in the raw nut, but increases 600- to 800-fold when the nuts are fried or boiled.
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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This oil consists mainly of linalol, together with small quantities of methyl heptenone, geraniol, and d-terpineol.
The Handbook of Soap Manufacture H. A. Appleton
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The oil consists almost entirely of linalol, with traces of saponifiable bodies, but appears to be free from methyl heptenone, found by Barbier and Bouveault in Mexican linaloe oil.
The Handbook of Soap Manufacture H. A. Appleton
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